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List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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… child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
… Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
… Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
… C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
… (1) Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
… Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
… Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
… Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
… C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
… (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
… (2) Breitenbach, Wilhelm (11) Brent, B. P. …
… Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
… (2) Bunbury, C. J. F. (11) Bunbury, F. J. …
… Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
… (1) Caspary, Robert (11) Cassell Petter & …
… Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
… (40) Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John …
… (1) Crocker, C. W. (11) Crocq, Jean …
… (1) Dobell, H. B. (11) Dobson, G. E. …
… (7) Farrar, F. W. (11) Farrer, T. H. …
… (280) Gray, G. R. (11) Gray, J. E. …
… (1) Harvey, W. H. (11) Harward, John …
… (289) Hyatt, Alpheus (11) Hyndman, G. C. …
… Job, R. A. (1) John Murray (181) …
… Murphy, James (1) Murray, Andrew (15) …

Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…

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… was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, …
… series of guides and also published travel books. Successive John Murrays ran the publishing house; …
… University Library a similar number of letters from John Murray and Robert Cooke, his cousin and …
… had proved to be a scientific best-seller for the second John Murray, to open negotiations with his …
… began the business relationship between Charles Darwin and John Murray. Darwin’s next …
… Navy: and adapted for travellers in general edited by John Herschel, but there was an error at …
… . Again he asked Lyell to act as his intermediary with John Murray ( Letter 2437 ), who, without …
… would be a success: shortly before publication he wrote to Murray, ‘I heartily hope that my Book …
… undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a retail price of 14 s ., …
… ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all Murray’s stock of Origin was sold on the …
… had paid Darwin profits of nearly £3000. The third John Murray made a successful business …
… ). Darwin’s next publishing project with John Murray in 1869 was a translation into English …
… in the Quarterly Review , a magazine published by John Murray.The pamphlets were not primarily …
… his orders ( Letter 8616 ). However, when Robert Cooke, John Murray’s cousin, went round to …
… that more than a few hundred copies w d . be sold’ (11 April 1877 Letter 10926 ). Murray …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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… In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
… on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
… 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
… had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
… he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
… The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
… wrote to Henrietta Emma Darwin, ‘whereas after talking to John, he thought him not wrong, after …
… avoiding any mention of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No …
… of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11. Unlike the earlier …
… Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
… versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below. Preface, C …
… as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
… made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
… Van Riper 1993. 2. Letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 (British …
… in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
… 1863b, p. 214). 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John Lubbock, 24 May [1864], in (British …
… written for me by a mutual friend of ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, …
… March 1865, in BL MSS ADD 49641. 16. Letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 13 March …
… 17. Rough notes for letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, undated, in University of Edinburgh …
… of the origin of species by variation . London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1863b. The …
… species by variation. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1863c. …
… of species by variation . 3d edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1864. …
… geological monuments . 6th edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Katharine Murray, …
… in the struggle for life . By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1863 …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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… backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
… had been in two volumes and had cost twenty-four shillings.) Murray’s partner, Robert Francis Cooke, …
… Quarterly Review discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It …
… of anonymous reviews. Its proprietor was none other than John Murray, Darwin’s publisher. So …
… wording of both the letter to the editor and the letter to Murray to accompany it. The depth of …
… a new publisher’ and advised that Darwin should not push Murray to the point of cutting off …
… [6 or 7 August 1874] ). When the letter was finally sent to Murray, Darwin referred only to their …
… ‘asking a favour ‘. He explained why he had written to Murray and not the editor of the Quarterly …
… to review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
… Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
… number of the Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George …
… anonymous reviews. While staying with Hooker over Christmas, John Tyndall, professor at and …
… as ‘the natural outflow of his character’ ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 ). …
… to purchase the wooded land, which he had been renting from John Lubbock, led to a straining of …
… the sale was agreed in April for £300 ( letter from John Lubbock, 2 April 1874 ), a high price …
… the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
… & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
… cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
… for about a week ( letter from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 ). John Burdon Sanderson sent the results …
… of other insect-eating plants. The surgeon and botanist John Ralfs sent Utricularia from …
… in order to work on its difficult structures ( letter to John Ralfs, 13 July [1874] ). The …
… Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
… the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
… a printed appeal for funds, raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, …

Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…

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… to spread my views’, he wrote to his publisher, John Murray, on 30 January , shortly after …
… The public are accustomed to novels for 1s’, he wrote to Murray on 8 January , but Murray …
… the new edition in the United States, Darwin arranged with Murray to have it stereotyped. Before the …
… St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
… Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
… attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
… Hooker’s cause was taken up by his friends, in particular John Lubbock and John Tyndall, as one …
… well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
… to Gladstone a week later ( enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 …
… photographic plates with his overseas publishers, and with John Murray’s assistant, the excitable …
… of the booksellers, encouraged an originally cautious John Murray to gamble on the book’s success: & …
… attractive dishes in his `Literary Banquet’ (letters from John Murray, 6 November [1872] and 9 …
… in those born blind, and filed away other letters, but Murray’s confidence proved misplaced; demand …
… to supply comparative observations, and Darwin’s protégé John Scott, now employed as a curator in …
… a copy of Expression to another old Cambridge friend, John Maurice Herbert, who when they were …

Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments

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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…

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… of sterility between varieties of Verbascum . When John Scott, foreman of the propagating …
… Darwin, impressed, gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). …
… to publish on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his …
… buy it. When he submitted the manuscript to his publisher, John Murray, he boasted: ‘I can say with …
… in the least , whether the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his …
… [1862] ). He warmly recommended Bates and his book to Murray, who swiftly agreed to publish the …
… paper for the Natural History Review ( see letter to John Lubbock, 16 [December 1862] ). Aware …
… of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
… for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
… see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
… interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
… of the old Beagle crew, Bartholomew James Sulivan, John Clements Wickham, and Arthur Mellersh, …
… of this, he prescribed strict conditions for a meeting with John Lubbock: ‘if you could … let me go …
… at 9 o clock I do not think it would hurt me’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 23 October [1862] ). …
… on botany. Even at the start of their correspondence he told John Scott: ‘Botany is a new subject to …
… odds & ends of botany & you know far more’ ( letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). …
… Lyell, 14 October [1862] ). Moreover, when the physicist John Tyndall, fresh from a summer in the …
… of Darwin’s circle was in Switzerland in the summer: John Lubbock briefly met up with Tyndall and …
… discovered prehistoric lake-dwellings ( see letter from John Lubbock, 23 August 1862 ). Lubbock …
… to view the prehistoric sites near Amiens ( see letter from John Lubbock, 15 May 1862 ), and he …
… about the antiquity of the human species ( see letter from John Lubbock, 6 January 1862 ). …
… from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …

Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute

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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…

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… of the size of the two-volume work from his publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 …
… a chapter ‘on Man’. After a few days, he wrote back to Murray proposing that some of the more …
… is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A …
… and the tedious work of correction began. Darwin wrote to Murray on 18 March to say that he …
… to translate Variation . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April …
… time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John Murray had engaged Dallas and …
… asking again for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , …
… to Alfred Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his …
… was sure that the colours were protective and suggested that John Jenner Weir might conduct …
… Darwin’s theory (letter from Fritz to Hermann Müller, 11 February 1867, in Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: …

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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… that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
… regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
… by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
… bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
… were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
… Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
… unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
… of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
… [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
… to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
… year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
… of hybridity and sterility at the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal …
… the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). …
… hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
… Darwin had also encouraged him to write ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). In this …
… that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
… the “Origin” is not at all palatable!’ ( letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] ). Darwin’s …
… a position offered in Darjeeling, India ( see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter …
… tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
… pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
… 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
… ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
… animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
… to Malvern the following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at …
… of all such matters as your stomach’ ( see letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] ; letter …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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… on a paper on Verbascum (mullein) by CD’s protégé, John Scott, who was now working in India. …
… also a serious dispute between two of Darwin’s friends, John Lubbock and Charles Lyell . These …
… Appendix II). In May, he invited a new doctor, John Chapman, to Down and began a course of Chapman’s …
… Variation . In March Darwin wrote to his publisher, John Murray, ‘Of present book I have 7 …
… will be ready for the press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early …
… ‘I am never idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not …
… questions and suggesting new lines of research. John Scott A similar, though not so …
… effort took place in the beginning of the year when John Scott, a protégé of Darwin’s whom Darwin …
… varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had …
… crossing experiments in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September …
… 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have …
… would take up the work again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the …
… serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though he had sent …
… 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice against John Scott, who had worked under Balfour …
… interest in Darwin’s theory ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ) …
… At the end of May, the dispute between Charles Lyell and John Lubbock over alleged plagiarism by …
… now ready to make observations for him in India (John Scott) and Brazil (Fritz Müller). Although not …
… George Henslow, the son of Darwin’s mentor at Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, from John Traherne …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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… target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
… chapters of Origin of Species to his publisher, John Murray. He hopes that his views are …
… Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] Darwin expresses anxiety over …
… her help with tone and style. Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September …
… perusal. Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September 1870] …
… work. Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 February 1868] Zoologist …
… - Innes, J. B. to Darwin, [31 August 1868] John Innes reports that he has read …
… Letter 9633 - Nevill, D. F. to Darwin, [11 September 1874] Dorothy Nevill tells …

Rewriting Origin - the later editions

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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…

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… 1 st to 2 nd editions I have heard from Murray today that he sold whole Edition …
… incessantly receiving letters with references’ he told Murray , with friends suggesting expansion …
… of letters (see especially letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] and letter from Charles …
… Hist. progresses so quickly’, he complained to Murray , ‘that I must make a good many corrections …
… a larger target audience were also made. Darwin persuaded John Murray to include a glossary of …

Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest

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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…

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… on 24 February, and all 2500 copies were sold in a week. ‘Murray says he is “torn to pieces” by …
… on 28 February . Demand continued throughout the year, and Murray produced three more printings, …
… £1470 for the first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand …
… Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 March 1871 ; letter from Hermann …
… expressed by Darwin’s old friend, the former vicar of Down John Brodie Innes. Darwin and Innes had …
… ‘a windbag full of metaphysics & classics’ ( letter to John Murray, 13 April [1871] ). …
… Gazette , and wrote to its author, who turned out to be John Morley, a leading advocate of …
… and transmitted by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). …
… by his wife and children. William offered his assessment of John Stuart Mill’s theory of …
… he suspected that very few would actually sell (letters to John Murray, 17 August [1871] and …
… Wallace, 4 August [1871] ). On 23 September he informed Murray that owing to poor health he had …
… years following the publication of Origin of species . Murray convinced him to appear in Vanity …
… a ‘venerable old Ape’ ( letter from D. Thomas, [after 11 March 1871] ). Descent and …

Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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… March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any man wants to …
… domestication . Having been advertised by the publisher John Murray as early as 1865, the two …
… increased the amount of work substantially. Darwin asked Murray to intervene, complaining on 9 …
… a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from Dallas to himself, …
… a cheque to Dallas for £55 s ., and recommended to Murray that Dallas receive additional payment. …
… of the book were sold within a month of its release, and Murray made immediate arrangements for a …
… profound contempt of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard …
… me in the face, but not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace …
… R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John Robertson, a Scottish journalist …
… the enthusiastic breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal …
… a letter of thanks to the naturalist and customs offcial John Jenner Weir for a paper on apterous …
… Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection On 11 February , Darwin wrote to the …
… views differed. Of deer-hounds, Cupples wrote between 11 and 13 May , ‘much depends on the …
… ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868], n. 11 ). ‘I am not sure’, Darwin reflected in a …
… the whole System is sustained.’ The former Down clergyman, John Brodie Innes, passed easily over …
… letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ), his replacement, John Warburton Robinson, proved no …
… and joy. Satisfaction in one’s children, Darwin wrote to John Price on 26 November , was ‘the …
… poets, and men of science, including Adam Sedgwick, John Stevens Henslow, and William Jackson Hooker …

Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin

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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…

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… the accuracy of Darwin’s words has been questioned by John L. Brooks and by H. Lewis McKinney, both …
… ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] , and 7 April [1859] ) …
… Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell suggested the firm of John Murray, publishers of the second edition …
… of Lyell’s works, and well-known for its scientific list. Murray agreed to publish Darwin’s book …
… , for his opinion. Elwin’s long and considered reply to Murray is published in this volume. Despite …
… to the original plan of his book (see letter from Elwin to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to …
… In particular, he was anxious about the prospects of Murray recovering his expenses and even offered …
… (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to John Murray, 10 September [1859] ), but …
… 24 November 1859 ). Equally painful was the news that John Frederick William Herschel, whom he so …
… comments in notices of and letters about his book. He told Murray, ‘I fear all Reviews of my present …
… would change their minds without good cause.’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 December [1859] ). …
… the first printing. Instead of printing additional copies, Murray called for a second edition to be …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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… July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review of works by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor in …
… also wondering whether he should break off relations with John Murray, his own publisher and also …
… paper, which Darwin pointed out was not the kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to …
… and Darwin were also collaborating over Darwin’s letter to Murray, in which Darwin was to ask Murray …
… between the two of them. Darwin sent George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 …
… dangerous and pernicious. Darwin thanked Murray for sending him the issue of the …
… having been used in a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other …
… probably refers to Darwin’s letter to Mivart of 11 January 1872 ( Correspondence vol. 20), in …
… the president, George Allman: he had already spoken to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 …

Origin

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Darwin’s most famous work, Origin, had an inauspicious beginning. It grew out of his wish to establish priority for the species theory he had spent over twenty years researching. Darwin never intended to write Origin, and had resisted suggestions in 1856…

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… While still on the Isle of Wight, Darwin also heard from John Stevens Henslow, his old mentor and …
… In late March, Lyell had a word with his own publisher, John Murray, who had already published …
… light of this, Darwin asked Lyell whether he should ‘tell Murray that my Book is not more un …
… ’ Even before seeing Darwin’s manuscript, Murray objected to the terms ‘abstract’ and ‘ …
… ’, he told Lyell. On 31 March 1859, Darwin wrote to Murray describing his work on the origin of …
… length, and the terms he expected; he also acknowledged that Murray wished to see the manuscript …
… I publish for Sir Charles Lyell ’. Darwin was uneasy. Murray, he thought, should see the manuscript …
… origin of all animate forms.’ Moreover, Darwin warned Murray, ‘ it would be a stigma on my work …
… Reading Darwin’s first three chapters was sufficient for Murray to confirm his offer on 10 April …
… old draft ‘ the loss would have killed me! ’ Although Murray was committed to publishing Origin, …
… George Frederick Pollock. The former, in a long letter to Murray, believed that Darwin should ‘ re …
… the latter not only recommended publication but advised Murray to increase the print run from 500 to …
… are very heavy,—as heavy as possible ’, he told Murray on 14 June. He tried to make the text ‘clear …
… is in the main safe ’. Darwin reassured Lyell on 11 October that he was aware that his …
… As the trade publication day of 22 November approached, Murray sent Darwin a bound ‘specimen copy’ …
… & proud at the appearance of my child ’, and agreed to Murray’s proposed price. According to …
… I will attend to. ’ Darwin was confounded to hear from Murray on 24 November that the ‘whole …

Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

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… In January, Darwin corresponded with George John Romanes about new varieties of sugar cane produced …
… Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an anonymous article on the …
… 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review to Murray. He was pleased by ‘the few first …
… or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author …
… rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently …
… Darwin had a less heated discussion with the painter John Collier on the topic of science and art. …
… himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had …
… be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley …
… a ‘Glycerin Pepsin mixture’ (letters to W. W. Baxter, 11 March 1882 and 18 March [1882 ]). …
… immediately wrote to George, who had visited Down on 11 April (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… and admirers. One of the most touching was from John Lubbock, whose interest in natural history at …
… we adjourned as a small tribute of respect’ (letter from John Lubbock to Francis Darwin, 20 April …
… pigeon breeder: ‘Skins are on their road to me sent by Mr. Murray from Persia, & I hope to get …
… ). Darwin’s former mentor at University of Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, was not a …
… Origin, a number of Darwin’s friends, Huxley, John Lubbock, and Charles Lyell, each addressed the …
… man’s private property’ ( letter to George Warington, 11 October [1867] ). Respecting the …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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… I finish with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, …
… plagued by foreign Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to …
… not expect that more than 6 or 700 would sell.’ ( To John Murray, 15 November 1876 ). In fact, …
… ( From R. F. Cooke, 16 March 1877 ). In November 1877, Murray suggested stereotyping the book, but …
… repaged & the index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes …
… W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… of scientific admirers at Down, among them Robert Caspary, John Traherne Moggridge, and Ernst …
… to Darwin’s annoyance, however, publication was delayed by Murray, who judged that it would sell …
… regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John Lubbock, about the prospect of riding to …
… with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More …
… On 21 February Darwin received notification from John Murray that stocks of the third edition of …
… George Henslow, the son of his Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, stayed for two days in April …
… In June, Darwin was visited by the orchid specialist John Traherne Moggridge, whose work on the self …
… Haeckel. The German zoologist had written to Darwin on 11 January 1866 , ‘Every time I succeed in …
… (Correspondence vol. 9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 ). Darwin wished to establish …
… diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 May – 11 June 1866] ). On examining more specimens later …
… out, ‘business would be totally paralysed’. Similarly, John Murray gave as a reason for his decision …
… ‘gaieties travelling & War Bulletins’ ( letter from John Murray, 18 July 1866 ). I …
… for the criminal prosecution of the colonial governor Edward John Eyre. In his efforts to suppress …
… ‘I am glad to hear from Spencer’, Huxley wrote on 11 November , ‘that you are on the right (that …

Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health

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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…

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… Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
… continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
… of a paper by another of his orchid correspondents, John Traherne Moggridge, who in June sent him …
… of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again Much of Darwin’s …
… plight of another of Darwin’s fellow orchid-experimenters, John Scott. Their correspondence had been …
… five years. Scott felt that his superiors, James McNab and John Hutton Balfour, no longer treated …
… indomitable perseverance, and his knowledge’ ( letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 ). Hooker met …
… support ‘on the grounds of science’ ( letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ), but Scott declined …
… two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
… 1864 ). A notably rambling and long letter arrived from John Beck, a Shrewsbury schoolfellow of …
… by a merciful deity for the use of humankind ( letter from John Beck, 6 October 1864 ). …
… his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …
… that a Neanderthal race once extended across Europe. John Lubbock mentioned his forthcoming volume …
… and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
… of the Royal Society, Edward Sabine, to the geologist John Phillips revealed Sabine’s fears that in …
… ever so little degree the Council’s award’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 21 December [1864] ). In …

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